incurs

present tense third-person singular of incur

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Verb
  • A student who pursues an academic interest deeply, who invests in community meaningfully, who knows what sustains them, who grows from disagreement, and who articulates a clear sense of purpose will stand out not just in admissions, but in life.
    Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Years later, her daughter Marie-Louise, unaware of her royal blood, pursues a career as a midwife.
    Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Stripping away these lipids and allergenic proteins is the first step in creating the empty capsules for drug delivery that Csaba seeks.
    Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Both companies now compete for customers, and OpenAI seeks more compute capacity than Microsoft can provide.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Since the Warriors haven't yet offered a deal Kuminga wants, there's a chance the four-year forward accepts the qualifying offer.
    Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to buying tickets, Snell accepts volunteers to help out.
    Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After the death of the narrator’s sister’s infant child due to a congenital disorder, her family flies to Scotland, where the narrator almost instantly contracts COVID.
    Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The city contracts with nine waste service providers and two composters for residential buildings, as well as 17 trash and recycling companies for commercial properties.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The center beam shows color and detail clearly, while the outer glow only catches movement.
    Big Think, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Inaba's absence comes as the show celebrates its 20th anniversary and welcomes 14 new celebrity contestants to the ballroom.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Quinn’s group welcomes back multiple stars, including Babson College commit Kate Schneider, one of the state’s leading scorers last year (32 goals, 17 assists).
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And up in orbit, the Enterprise also embraces the fantasy vibe, deploying a Vulcan mind-meld to get Spock and Kirk piloting the Enterprise and Farragut, respectively, in telepathic unison.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The entire performance is a shining spotlight on the record, which toys with the malleability of their sound and embraces unconventional approaches to an already robust sound.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Incurs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incurs. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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